Hello Readers, my name is Wendy. I am a happily married mother of two young ladies. Together with my husband we are living an abundant life through growing some of our own vegetables and fruit, cooking and baking everything from scratch and being mindful of what we use and buy.
God has blessed us abundantly. We try to be good stewards of those blessings.

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Tuesday, 12 May 2015

Sausage Rolls

These sausage rolls have become a party favourite in the Gower house. They are full of flavour and very tasty. Once you've tried homemade sausage rolls you'll never want to eat store bought again.

4 sheets of Puff Pastry defrosted.I egg beaten
To a large bowl add - 500 grams of sausage mince, good squirt of tomato sauce,Salt, pepper,
chives or parsley,
finely chopped onion ( or dried ),
Garlic ( I use dried )Half a cup of seasoned bread crumb.Mix all ingredients well by hand or with an electric mixerLightly spray baking trays with cooking spray

On a floured surface cut 1 pastry sheet in half ( thirds if you want tiny bite sized
).
Spoon mixture along each pastry half, - not too much.
Brush edge closest to you with a beaten egg.
Roll pastry over towards youBrush the top of the pastry with the beaten egg.
Cut to desired size.
Cook in oven on about 200 degrees Celsius for 20 - 30 mins until golden brown

NOTES - * Grated carrot and zucchini can be added to the sausage mince.* Sausage rolls can be frozen.

These look so tasty Wendy. I love home made sausage rolls too. The bought ones just taste more and more awful I think. I laughed when I saw pre-made 'sausage roll filling' at Coles yesterday. What the heck? I hope you don't mind me suggesting to Patsy from A Working Pantry, that steamed spinach, silverbeet, or cabbage leaves make a great casing for the mixture instead of pastry. Can't wait to try your recipe. Thankyou. Mimi xxx

Hi Wendy,Your recipe is almost identical to mine! I just love these, and as you say, they are so much better than store bought.Were do you buy your sausage mince from and how much can you buy it for? Woolies and Coles are now very expensive (about $7/kg), and I only buy the mince when I see it on clearance, which isn't very often.Many thanks,Jill

Yes the sausage mince is dear. I still buy mine from Coles but have considered buying a tray of sausages just to get the mince cheaper. I'm thinking of cuttting an end and squeezing the mince out. Might be a bit messy but cheaper.

That's actually a really great idea Wendy. My daughter loves this recipe so I cook it for her when I can get the mince on special. I always grate some vegies through it, to make them a little healthier for her.

Yummy Wendy. I do the squeeze the sausage meat out thing. Then add grated carrot and some tomato sauce... It works well as I often get a massive tray of sausages on a big special.i know someone who was famous for mini sausage rolls, bite sized ones. It turned out she didn't even squeeze the sausage meat out of the sausages she just wrapped sausages in pastry, baked and sliced. They were beautiful. But I like to add the carrot and sometimes bread crumbs as well. Hope to make some next week. xxx

Sounds good wendy, have you tried using normal mince before? If so have you noticed a difference? I have heaps of normal mince in the freezer and would prefer to use that then going to the shop and buying some sausage mince. Just wanna try keeping my spending costs down for the time being.

We don't have your basic sausages like in Aus/NZ, you just don't get them here. Premix do make some sausages, I will look further at those. Please do ask your friend, I'd be interested to know what she will use. Puff Pastry is hard to come by, too......lol. You only get two sheets per pack. Can you tell I would kill for your run-of-the-mill Aussie/Kiwi bakery here???? I actually did drive once, 90 minute round-trip to an Aussie bakery. I wasn't that thrilled.

What sausages do you cook on a bbq ? Yes I know puff pastry is hard to come by in USA. My Mum and Dad travel there every few years. Mum wanted to make a family sized meat pie ( recipe in the recipe section here ) and could only get 2 sheets for over $3. We pay under $3 for 6 sheets here.

I hear Ausies who have coffee shops in America are doing a roaring trade. You could always move to Australia. We have wonderful fresh food here.

Ok Shannon, my friend has replied. She said she buys preground sausage ( store brand ). She also said you need to go to a meat processor or a regular meat market. Hope this helps you. Might be worth finding a bakery supply store ( maybe wholesale direct to public ) to see if you can get puff pastry that way.

Wendy, your post inspired me so much that instead of making pasties for dinner as per my menu planner I made sausage rolls. We'll have the pasties in next fortnight planner. It was my week to shop for the fortnight so I picked up just under a kilo of sausage mince at Tasman Meats for $4, not sure if that's a good price. I added some bread crumbs, carrot, onion, & celery that was lying around looking a bit wilted. I managed to get 20 sausage rolls out of 5 sheets of pastry, they are clearly not mini sausage rolls. We'll have some for dinner tonight, I'll freeze another 8 for dinner another night. I did eat one for lunch, you know for quality control purposes lol it was delicious! The other 3 can go in lunch boxes for tomorrow. Thanks again. they are just the thing on a cold and wet Melbourne day. Cheers Donna Z :)

I have made sausage rolls without adding anything to the mix and they turned out pretty well. There are spices already added to the mix. These days I prefer to use chicken mince rather than sausage and add bits and pieces for flavour. Same with chicken sausages, just pop them in pastry, roll and bake.

I will be saving your recipe, I think these would be handy to put in the freezer for a handy snack.

Just made these and can let everyone know they are yummy yummy - I added some fresh bread crumbs mixed in my small blender and home made cooking sauce (salsa) so much better than the bought stuff. And they turned out awesome got 15 out of this mix as I made them a little larger and filled a little more. Thanks for sharing.